Tag: high school teaching

  • Movie Review: Stranger Things Final Season

    The End of Stranger Things: A Decade-Long Journey Concludes I finished Stranger Things Season 5 not because I desperately wanted to see what happened next, but because I’d invested too much time not to see it through. That realization, more than anything else about the final season, tells you everything you need to know about…

  • The Skills Gap: When AI Becomes a Crutch Instead of a Tool

    I’ve been teaching social studies long enough to remember when the biggest challenge was getting students to put away their phones during class discussions. Now? The phone isn’t just a distraction; it’s their first stop for every answer, every question, every moment of cognitive discomfort. Here’s the thing that keeps me up at night: I’m…

  • Using Comic Books to Explore Social and Historical Issues: Fall Semester in Review

    This fall semester, I took a deliberate approach to using comic books as teaching tools to explore critical social and historical issues that resonate with my high school students. Rather than treating comics as simple entertainment, I leveraged their visual storytelling power and cultural relevance to create engaging entry points for discussions about representation, identity,…